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Assetto Corsa Competizione

Assetto Corsa Competizione

Kunos Simulazioni · released May 28, 2019

RacingSimulationSportsPCPlayStation 4, PlayStation 5Xbox One, Xbox Series X

Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official GT World Challenge videogame. Thanks to the extraordinary quality of simulation, you will experience the atmosphere of the GT3 championship. Compete against official drivers, teams, cars and official circuits reproduced to the highest quality ever seen.

86
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence +18 since launch

launched at 68, updates lifted it to 86

68%
At launch
93%
Steam all-time
75%
Press
58%
Player sentiment
96%
Recent sentiment

PC 86 · PlayStation 55 · Xbox 49

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 303 sampled Steam reviews (279 positive / 24 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Visuals & art5% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Controls & UI17% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes13% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

76%

45 reviews

5-15h

95%

101 reviews

15-40h

95%

78 reviews

40-100h

94%

50 reviews

100h+

97%

29 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)7534
Creator reviews (1 tracked)750
All-time Steam reviews93%871000
Metacritic user ratings7712
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%91132
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 300 reviews sampled · 376 total reviews in window · weighted 217.3 up / 9.6 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (66)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 60
    trust 78Aug 17, 2020

    Asseto Corsa Competizione is very well made racing simulator, which will please all the fans. On the other hand, casual players could be easily bored with lack of game content and bad optimalization on consoles. If you love endurance races, driving in the nigt and if you are able to appreciate dynamic wether systems and great feeling from driving the GT3 cars, Asseto Corsa Competizione is just for you.

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  • 70
    trust 76Jun 30, 2020

    When the stars align, racing in Assetto Corsa Competizione is absolutely fantastic. It is, however, marred by some questionable omissions in its configurable options, issues with some of the most popular wheels and pedals on the market, and public lobbies that aren't currently available to all regions. It can, and should, be better.

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  • 70
    trust 75Jun 17, 2019

    While Assetto Corsa: Competizione offers much more variety time of day and weather changes, it lacks the depth and moddability that made Kunos Simulazioni famous in the first place. The lackluster career mode surely doesn’t help.

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  • 70
    trust 75Sep 5, 2020

    Assetto Corsa Competizione is a real racing simulation, which is not something that can be said for most games. But as it is an advantage for serious driving fans, it is also a major flaw, as it will hardly attract new players. The biggest flaw of the game is it’s low and inconsistent frame rate, which might push off even the biggest fans if not dealt with in the near future.

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  • 80
    trust 71Feb 14, 2020

    If you live, breathe and sleep in the Cathedral of Speed, [Assetto Corsa Competizione] is definitely a massive delight for you. You will definitely enjoy the sonorous rumble of powerful cars while you thunder down the home straight, or you can forget about racing and simply power around the track sideways, regardless of your position.

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  • 70
    trust 70Mar 15, 2022

    Thanks to the smooth gameplay and 4K support, Assetto Corsa Competizione prides itself in its sense of immersion. Well, that’s if you can spare the extra cash for a wheel and pedals. However, the lacklustre variety and less than desirable controller feel keep making me ask myself the same question. Why not just buy Gran Turismo 7?

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  • 60
    trust 70Sep 25, 2020

    Once it gets into gear, Assetto Corsa Competizione turns into an enjoyable enough driving experience, with some often frustrating quirks. Every move, pass, and failure made is analysed, scored, and presented back with a grade at such a granular level you'll be left scratching your head at how you ever passed your driving test in the first place. However, the unstable framerate, janky animations, erratic camera modes, and lack of other in-game tracks and vehicles without paying more for the DLC, means that this is one for racing sim aficionados only.

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  • 50
    trust 69Mar 8, 2022

    The Next-Gen version of Assetto Corsa Competizione is a disaster. It can improve with attention and pertinent updates since the simulation and the gameplay are there, but it seems that there is no interest in doing it.

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  • 85
    trust 68Mar 7, 2022

    ‎Assetto Corsa Competizione hides, behind a theme that may seem unattractive, one of the best driving experiences available on console. The new generation improvements are led by that performance at 60fps, new content for more races and visual improvements that do not give the feeling of a new generation. But deep down, it's just putting the icing on a cake. For those passionate about competition, it remains a benchmark.‎

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  • 70
    trust 68Apr 14, 2022

    Racing games' fans will have a great time and enjoy one of the most realistic driving models we have seen in recent years in videogames.

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  • 85
    trust 67Mar 10, 2022

    The game will repay and take into account the time devoted to it with emotions, which are often in vain to find in other titles, having hundreds of cars and focusing more on the surrounding of what driving is, than on the very essence of giving the realities of the racing driver's efforts.

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  • 50
    trust 66Jul 3, 2020

    I get that esports and simulations are popular at the moment but this is one game that probably did not need to cross from PC to console.

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…and 54 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. Minor update
    Nov 25, 2024
  2. Minor update
    May 15, 2024
  3. v1.9.3 UPDATE OUT NOW
    May 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  4. 2023 GT World Challenge DLC Pack OUT NOW
    Apr 19, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  5. Assetto Corsa Competizione latest hotfixes OUT NOW!
    Apr 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 35 earlier patch announcements.